William Sterling

Head of one of the four horses of the moon goddess Selene from the northern end of the East Pediment of the Parthenon in Athens c. 420 BC, currently in the British Museum. One of the most popular of the so-called Elgin Marbles which Lord Elgin rescued from Athens in the early nineteenth century. The East Pediment showed the birth of Athena as she burst out of the head of her father, Zeus, and the reaction of those who were present. Although all the central figures are long gone at either end are depictions of the sun god Helios rising from the sea with his four horse chariot and the moon goddess Selene returning to the sea with hers showing that Athena was born at dawn. Image © Trustees of the British Museum

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The Life and Times of Victoria and Albert

February 9, 2014 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

£40

She gave her name to an Age. He gave us a cultural heritage to be proud of. Their marriage was a true love match and her widowhood from the age of 42, a national tragedy.

Queen Victoria was our longest reigning monarch (so far). Her family life set the moral standard that is still referred to today as the ideal. Her father called her “more a pocket-sized Hercules than a pocket-sized Venus” and she had enormous energy for one so frail. She was later derided as the “Widow of Windsor” or even (as in recent film) “Mrs Brown.” Prince Albert was probably the most brilliant member of the royal family since Elizabeth I. His greatest project, the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. The course examines Victoria’s long life and reign and the changing role of the monarchy over that period.

 

 

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Date:
February 9, 2014
Time:
10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost:
£40
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City Lit

Venue

City Lit
Keeley Street
London, WC2B 4BA United Kingdom + Google Map
Phone:
020 7492 2600

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